There is no reorienting as players play halfcourt in practice constantly. The majority of a college or professional practice is halfcourt sets. He’s also playing collegiate next year so under this assumption he should pull a Jalen Johnson and leave Duke to not risk injury. Regarding the latter….I’m actually not opposed to a top player going this route but that’s a different conversation.I’m assuming there’s a fairly large time commitment, so if you’re Cooper Flagg, why would you waste any bandwidth on reorienting your game to 3x3 and training with a team for it instead of working on your 5x5 pro career? And why risk injury for this?
Furthermore, if you’re an NBA player who’s not an all star, why risk professional embarrassment? There are lots of reasons to not do it, and the only reason to do it is to get a JV medal. You have to have a certain level of desperation to go out for it, hence Jimmer
If a player considers representing the USA as a “JV medal” then I’d question everything about that player. I’d guess very few would consider a Gold Medal “JV” if USA Basketball committed to it being a part of their program.
If you’re not an NBA All-Star that is all the more reason you’d go to build your brand and gain sponsorships. That excuse doesn’t fly to me.